Not my language but a language I am familiar with(a mix of Dutch,English,German,French)called Afrikaans:
komkommer:cucumber
my favorite: papagaai(parrot)..always makes me smile or laugh(pronounced papa-haai, but the H is almost throaty,lol).

" I love the chemistry Marie Curie "...when I was visiting Poland,I saw the house that she was born in. Really!It was accident that we came upon it. My brother in-law is Polish, so he was showing me around.